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STATEMENT 



of 



Daniel P. Christenson 



regarding the 



GIANT SEQUOIA PRESERVATION ACT OF 1993 



H.R. 2153 



9 March 1994 



I am a professional biologist with 37 years of experience in 

 the area which encompasses all the groves of giant Sequoia trees 

 ( Sequoiadendron gjganteum ) of California. I have read the text 

 of the bill proposing establishment of the Giant Sequoia National 

 Forest Preserve (H.R. 2153) and support its enactment. 



I attained a Bachelor of Science degree in Fisheries from 

 Humboldt State College in 1956 with some post-graduate studies at 

 California State University, Fresno. I have worked as a 

 biologist (California Department of Fish and Game) since 1957 in 

 the fields of; stream and lake habitat restoration and 

 improvement; evaluation of water projects and land developments; 

 water quality investigation and control; fisheries management, 

 research, restoration, protection and supervision; and endangered 

 species research, restoration and protection (especially the 

 recovery of the Little Kem golden trout, Oncorhynchus mvkiss 

 whitei . a federally listed Threatened Species which is endemic to 

 a portion of Sequoia National Forest and Sequoia National Park) . 

 The geographic area in which I have worked, and with which I am 

 familiar, includes; the southern Sierra Nevada from the 

 Stanislaus River drainage (Tuolumne and Calaveras Counties) in 

 the north to the Kern River drainage (Tulare and Kern Counties) 

 in the south; The San Joaquin Valley and Coast Rauige from 



